AI tool predicts which coronavirus patients could get worse

Scientists in China and the U.S. have developed an experimental Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool to help doctors predict which newly infected COVID-19 patients could go on to develop severe lung disease.

"Based on the machine-learning algorithm, the tool is designed to prevent as many mild cases as possible from progressing into severely and critically ill patients, so that to save lives and ease the overwhelmed healthcare systems worldwide," Jiang Xiangao, first author of the study and vice president of Wenzhou Central Hospital told CGTN in an exclusive interview.

The study, conducted by researchers at Grossman School of Medicine and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University, as well as physicians at China's Wenzhou Central Hospital and Cangnan People's Hospital, was published online March 30 in the journal Computers, Materials & Continua.

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